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Charlotte Joan Hunter
7 November 1919 - 17 July 2002

Van Alstyne – Charlotte Joan Hunter was born on Nov. 7, 1919, and died on July 17, 2002. She was the daughter of Mack Cage and Mary Susan Mitchell Hunter, owners of Hunters Grocery in Van Alstyne.

Joan graduated from Van Alstyne High School and earned her college degree at Austin College in Sherman and Master’s degree from North Texas. She taught English at Van Alstyne High School from 1941-1954. In 1954 she joined the faculty at the University of North Texas in Denton where she taught in the English department from 1954 until 1984 when she retired.

Joan was the kind of teacher who changed the lives of her students. Her impact on their lives was far-reaching. She respected her students and treated them as equals and they never forgot her. Many of her former students became well-known authors and journalists.

Joan was an accomplished organist. She enjoyed her beautiful home in Denton that she shared for many years with her dear friend, Dr. Jessie Luecke. She enjoyed all the cultural arts, baking and candy making and navy blue. She traveled in Europe many times, especially in England and Spain. She was an excellent bridge player and was active in her bridge group until she became ill in December 2001.

Joan was predeceased by her parents, Susan and Cage Hunter; her sister, Rhea Hunter Cunningham;
her nephew, David Cunningham; and her sister-in-law, Eva Marie Hunter.

She is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Billie and Harry D. Hunter of Van Alstyne; her brother and sister-in-law, Quinn and Joyce Hunter of Dallas.

She is also survived by her nieces and nephews: Jerry Mack Hunter and his wife Cherie of Van Alstyne: Charles Hunter and his wife Mary of Greene, Maine; Richard and Heather Cunningham of Houston; Marla Hunter Nunally and her husband Mike of Dallas. She is also survived be her great-nieces, Beth Hunter Litchford and Jerianna Hunter Lyons; nephews, Mack Hunter and Peyton Quinn Nunally.

Pallbearers were Benny Edwards, R.L. Bridges, Jessie Joe Savage, Adolph Wiggins, J.D. Edwards and Billy Ray Edwards.

Services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 18, in Flesher Funeral Home in Van Alstyne with burial in
Van Alstyne Cemetery.